About the Role

Reporting to the Chief Security Officer and working closely with the Head of Technology Platform Strategy and Architecture, the Zero Trust Security Strategy Lead in the capacity of a Program Manager will develop a plan and spearhead the implementation of a comprehensive Zero Trust strategy program being developed. In addition the person will also facilitate discussions about Zero Trust concepts to the client partners and perform the current state cybersecurity assessments.

In this role you will:

• Zero Trust Strategy Implementation Plan: Collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture and Security team to develop, implement, and refine our Zero Trust strategy plan.

• Program Management: Apply program management techniques to ensure the on-time, high-quality delivery of a strategic implementation of Zero Trust across a complex hybrid environment.

• Technical Leadership: Act as a technical liaison on ZTA, providing guidance to other team members and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

• Collaboration: Collaborate closely with security, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure that ZTA principles are integrated into solutions of all systems and applications.

• Secure Access Service Edge (SASE): Develop a phased approach for SASE implementation that aligns with Zero Trust principles.

• Identity and Access Management (IAM): Work with the IAM team to ensure IAM principles and standard methodologies are incorporated , in identity verification and management are central to our ZTA framework.

Professional Skills:

• Extensive experience implementing Zero Trust solutions and frameworks at scale across hybrid environments within financial or government sectors.

• Strong vision and Leadership skills – demonstrated critical thinking and leading transformation, ideally in a mission-critical environment.

• Servant leadership style – ability to lead without authority in a complex environment by empowering, inspiring and challenging teams.

• Agile practices to navigate the complexities of a large program – demonstrated successful use of these practices to assure predictable delivery, assess and improve ways of working continuously, and ensure that progress, challenges and impediments are transparently communicated and resolved.

• Good interpersonal and communication skills and thoughtful stakeholder management across a geographically dispersed oganisation– listens to customer needs and engages with engineers, senior audiences, diverse internal collaborators and can gain their agreement.

• Knowledge of SASE, CASB, ZTNA, SWG technologies and other Zero Trust technologies/models.

• Familiarity with security information and event management (SIEM) tools, threat intelligence platforms, and the ability to use analytics for continuous monitoring and threat detection.

• Experience in implementing endpoint protection, device identity verification, and securing endpoints in a Zero Trust model, including endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions.

• Knowledge of cloud security principles and experience securing cloud environments using Zero Trust methodologies, including cloud-native security tools and configuration standard methodologies.

• Proficiency developing mechanisms and controls to meet security controls and compliance with government security standards, documenting findings, and providing remediation recommendations.

What will make you successful?

We are seeking professionals with:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or Zero Trust-related certifications are a plus.

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in designing, implementing, and leading Zero Trust Architecture solutions.

• Proven expertise in Zero Trust Architecture principles and standard processes.

• Experience managing diverse project teams and developing project schedules using Jira.

• Experience with data protection beyond data encryption; fine-grained access control design and implementation.

• Good communication and presentation skills to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical customers.

• Ability to work closely in multi-functional teams, sharing knowledge and standard processes.

• Demonstrated ability to develop short- and long-term strategies.

• Demonstrable experience in building, developing and engaging a successful distributed team.

• Strong oral and written communication skills to influence partners.

• Travel may be required based on needs.

What we offer

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